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COLUMBIA, S. C. Tuesday Morning:, October 29,1872. For President of the United States. HORACE GREELEY. Of Nc VT York. For vice-President Bm GRATZ BROWN, of HXUloorl. PBESTDENTIAIJ ELECTORS.-Slate at ?Large-M. P. O'Connor, of Charleston; W. tl. Wallace, of Union; 8. A. Pearce, of Richland. First District-W. W. Walker, of Georgetown. Second District-Johnson Hagood, of Barnwell Third District-3. Fair, of Newbery. Fourth District-Vf. R. Robertson, of Fairfield._ Attend the Polia. "From a fear of injuriously affecting the interesta of reform in the recent State elections, and owing, too, to an indisposition on the part of the whites to enter into bootless and disagreeable controversy with the blaoks, we have ?nade no canvass in this State for Groo .ley and Brown, and did not until recent? ly put ont an electoral ticket. It is too late now to have anything of a campaign, which is, however, necessary, or should bo, BO far as scouring tho white vote is ccmcorneil. The oolored people will, it ls very evident, cast their vote? for Qrant . with a few exceptions. It is as useless JIB it is unpleasant to endeavor to swerve 'them from their party lines, in which their ignorance, prejudices and fears . combino to entrench them. So far as the General Government is ooncerneJ, vaolhing will ever condnce to bring about a change in the ideas or want of ideas of the oolored people, except a defeat of tho party to which they have allied them? selves. They feel weak, and naturally cling to what they believe to be the stronger side. If Greeley is elected, after a few months' experience has convinced them that they have no reason to dread a deprivation of their "equal rights and privileges" from the new Administration, thousands of them will gladly and promptly give in their adhe? sion to the Liberal cause. Distrust and rgdapkrion of their old masters will be removed, and au era of good will and confidence inaugurated, which will speed? ily relieve our State of the incubus of official venality and extravagance under which she now labors. It is dna to our? selves, however, and to truth and princi? ple, that the white people should giro their fall and hearty support to Greeley and Brown, at the ballot-box, next Taeaday. From the foundation of our govern? ment there hua been a constant struggle between the rights of the States and the .encroachments of the central govern? ment nnd centralization, between indi? vidual liberty and freedom and despot tiaro. This was tho rock, this concentra ion of nndue power at Washington, upon which oar fore-fathers, who found? ed oar great republic, feared it would Anally split, and against which they en? deavored to guard. It is the charac? teristic of government*, in. every sectioc of the globe and in all ages, to groar, power whenever they can, and to en? croach apon the freedom of individuals. Such bas been the history of all natiom as far back as our recolds run. The re public of the United States has no differed in this respeot from its prede cesBors and contemporaries. From tht beginning the antagonism between th? central power at Washington and thi States, as representing the liberty of tin pe?ple, bas been marked, and bas yearl; increased in bitterness. Since the war, the assumptions an< usurpations of the General Governmen have inoroaBcd to an alarming extort Never beforo was so much personal powe wielded by any President as is to-day b; Grant. It was the perception of thi and the dread of it which caused Sum ner, Greeley, Trumbull and the othe Liberal leaders, to bolt from the part, which they had founded, and to j oil hoads with the Demoorats in this lae struggle for the principio of local sell government, which has ever been th .chief corner-stone of Democracy. As we value, then, our freedom am manhood, bought with the patriot! blood of our Saxon ancestry, lot us b no laggards in this momentoas struggle Zjet us show to our fellow citizen throughout the United States that th white people, at least, of South Carolin ?re not willing to "bow the knee t Baal;" that we appreciate the true prie ??pies of our Government and of reput lioan liberty, and have the courage to at aert them. Beoause the State will prc bably go for Grant is no reason why w ehonld stay away from the polls. Greeley or Grant individually may b of but small consideration, but the idea -sentiments and principles of the Liben ?Movement are snob as must common themselves to every patriot's heart an as should be maintained, "though th heavens fall" We must show whio aide we are on and how earnest we are i the good cause, by ousting oar ballots, every man of as, for Greeley aad Brown, r?conciliation, reform and looal self govern ment, on Tuesday next. . . ? ? m ? ? THB FAIB OF THE CAROLINAS-LAST DAX-THB RACKS.-This, taking into consideration the extreme unfavorable? ness of the weather, bas been a most successful fair. The exhibition of arti? cles bas been larger than on any previous oooasion, and much superior to that of any fair in this State. Our people have done well, and deserve much credit for the excellence and variety of produots entered. Tholittle County of Foray tue sent down a greater variety than any County ia the Carolinas, both as regards uto and ornament. South Carolina has the handsomest exhibit of blooded stook. At 12, the great trotting raoe of the season came off between Surprise and Short's colt. Some timo before the raoe was anuouuoed to come off, the people commenced to gather at the grand stand, and by the time the horses started, the stand was filled. Pu actually at the appointed hour, the horses came on the track, and the preliminaries having been gone through with, they made a start, Surprise having the pole. They kept pretty evea for tb first quarter, but when they passed the half-mile pole, Surprise was a length ahead-time 1.38-and keeping in the lead, passed the judges' Stand a length and a half aliead-time 3.12. After con? sultation, the judges determiuod to rule this beat out, as the society's rules re? quired it to be made within three mi? nutes. On the second beat, Surprise again bad the pole, ?ind at the start, took and kept. the lead, passing the half-mile pole two-lengths ahead-time 1.34-and continued to increase the distance until passing, tbe judges' stand, some four lengths ahead-time 3.08. For the third and last heat, tho bones came up to the starting point ?vid??tly showing signs of fatigue, but tho pwuera seemed to think they could still beat the previous time. Short's colt j took tbe lead, but before passing tbe quarter pole, was passed by Surprise, who "kept two lengths ahead until passing the half-mile pole-time 3.04*>j2-and on passing the judges' stand, was five lengths ahead-time 3.07. After tbis beat, the judges decided it was useless to prolong the content, as the horses evidently could not make the required time, the track beiag ia suoh a very bad condition from the reoeut raia. Several other races were to have oome off, bat the parties owning the stock de? clined to rna, as the track was ia suob a ooudition tbe horses could not do them? selves justice.-Charlotte Observe)'. GBANT'S LITTLE FINANCIAL GAME. The Washington Patriot brings to light some of the beggarly expedients to which Secretary Boutwell bas had ro course in order to make favorable finan? cial exhibits for the 1st of October and 1st of November, so as to affect the elec? tions. He has entered Wall street abd "beared" or "balled" the market, jast oe wus most convenient to the specula? tors, who were expected to raise the money for carrying the doubtful Slates. He bas pressed the banks and mudo them "bleed" freely, nuder threats of injurious penalties. He has withhold paymeat of large aad just claims to show a false condition of the balance sheet. Salaries have bcea withheld under various pretexts, nono of which are well fonaded. There are about 200 United States gaugers employed in the publie service, with salaries averaging $2,000 a year oaob, making a total of some $100,000. Their pay is in arrears auder some flimsy technicality, which will not stand scrutiny. Yet, in spite of this suspension, these men are assessed two-and-a-half por cent, on their regular salary, and required to make it good, al? though they have not received a dime for more than a month. Oue of them writes: "I have had no pay for the last mouth, aad yat was obliged to meet an assessment of $30 for political purposes. Ia order to do this I was compelled to sell au order for the past due salary at ten per oeat. discount." This took place within a fow hundred yards of tho office of Mr. Curtis, Chairman of thu Civil Service Commission, who hus the effrontery to prate about reform, and to hold up General Graut as au illustration and model of that idea, in presence of daily abuses like this. LIABILITY OP RAILROADS TO TAXATION. A correspondent writes to tho Charleston News as follows, regarding tho liability of railroads to taxation, viz: "The ques? tion of the liability of railroads to taxa? tion, which is involved in the cases of Morris K. Jessup vs. tho North-eastern Railroad Company, and the City Council of Charleston and Brauch, Sou & Co. rs. tho South Carolina Railroad Company, uow peudiag in the Supreme Court of the United ?tates, hus already boen de? cided by that court, some months ago, in a North Carolina case, the name of which I have now forgottea. Bat I am quito sure the question involved and decided was precisely the samo as that io tho South Carolina cases, aad tho decision was ia favor of the railroad-that is, that a clause ia the charter exempting tho road from taxation for a designated pe? riod of time was ia the nature of a con? tract, and could not bo repealed by sub? sequent legislation." Chicago bas so nobly recovered from ber disaster that the olergymeu of that city feel justified in preaching sonnons upon its present and probable greatness. Roceotly the Rev. Dr. Fowlor bold forth upon tbis theme from tho appropriato text, (Aots xxi, 89.) "I am a citizen of no mean city." The sermon was mainly historical, but there were somo stirring passages near the end, culling upon tbe Cbioagoese to be good aad virtuous, unless they wished to be burned again. Aa eloping oouple ia Keotuoky rode ninety milos on horseback before they could get a rest. Letter from Kx-tJov, Porry. ? To the D?mocratie and Conservative ^Voters of the Fgurdt 'Congressional District.-qf ?youth Carolina, comprising the Counties of York, Chester, Fairfield, Union, &partanburgK Laurens, Greenville, Pick em and Oconce. FELLOW-CITIZENS: I desire to uddresB a few words to yon on the result of the late congressional election. So far aa I am personally concerned, I have no re? grets to express. Wheu I accepted your nomination, whioh was unsolicited aud unexpected, I had. no strong hopes of success, knowing, a? I did, that the Radi? cal party was in the ascendancy, und would not Bornple at any fraud and cor? ruption neoensary to maintain their power in the Congressional District. My health, age and disiuolination to enter public life again would have been a rea? sonable justification in refusing tbe honor you conferred on me. But I thought it a duty every good citizen owed his country, under the present alarming condition of public affairs, to accept any position whioh might be as? signed him by the people. The canvass through which I have just passed was a very short one, aud I entered it actively and zealously. I muy further say, that it was both pleasant and agreeable, and I enjoyed it exceed? ingly. In passing through tho Congres? sional District, I met many of my old and valued friends, whom I had uot seen for years, and I made a great many new friends, whom I shell ever remember and never cease to value whilst life lasts. Everywhere, my reception was most kind and cordial, and fully compensates me for all the time and trouble of the canvass. But although I do not regret personally, as I have said, our disap? pointment, yet, as a citizen of South Carolina, I do regret, lament anti de? plore the success of the Radical parly throughout the State, in the recent elec? tion for Congress and State officers. It. seems to indicate that them is to be no ahange in the present corrupt, oppressive and infamously rotten State Govern? ment, or hope of representation for the white people of South Carolina in the Congress of the United States. 60,000 voters, representing nearly 300,000 per? sons, owning, in a great measure, all the property of the State, agricultural, com? mercial and manufacturing, and com? prising in the same ratio all the intelli? gence, education, virtue and patriotism of the State, are without the semblance of representation in a government pur? porting tu be republican! The State Government has, confessed? ly, fallen into the hands of rogues, swin? dlers and oorrupt men, who have openly plundered tho public Treasury, robbed tho people, forged State bonds, increased the indebtednoss of the State $27,000,000 in four years, levied and collected into? lerable taxes, and enriched themselves by the most bare-faced bribery and cor? ruption as well as by arrant roguery and plunder. And yet the rosult of the re cent election shows that these rogues, swindlers and robbers are to be rein? stated in authority for two years toc?me, with carle blanche to rob, ?teal und plun? der ad libitum! It is sad and melancholy to think that the honest, patriotic and virtuous white people of South Carolina are in some measure responsible for this horrible and appalling condition of public affairs, In many Counties, they did not turn out to vote on the day of election 1 Can human weakneBt and human apathy ex ce 3d this? The negroes, carpet-baggers and scalawags turned out, almost, to a mani Is it not passing strange that thc stupid negroes should feel more inter?s! and manifest moto zeal in sustaining E corrupt, rotten government, and elect? ing to office rogues and scoundrels, whe do not benefit him in the least, tbun at educated, intelligent and patriotic gen tleman does in trying to over-turn suol a government and put honest men ii office, as Legielaton?, Governors, Sena tors, Judges, ?Sro. ? He sees the corrup tion, feels the hand of the oppressor and bears the crushing burden of hil tuxes, and yet will not go from his house to vote for a change in rulers or govern monti It muy be well said there is nc accounting for human conduct. In Greenville, one of tho Coontie: composing tho Fourth Cougressioua District, thora are 2,800 white voters and only 2,300 of them went out to vote 250 of them were scalawags, who votet with tho negroes to continue our presen corrupt regime. 500 staid at home un? did not vote at. all! In Chester County thero wore 300 white voters who did no feel interest enough in being represente) in Congress to turn out at the election lu Fairfiold, a County distinguished fo its intelligence and wealth, one-third o the white voters remained at homo. Th same thing occurred in every County If all had gone out to vote, and had ex erted a proper influence with the colore people, the eleotions would have gon very differently. We might havo rt doomed and regenerated tho State. I know that tho negroes are bandei together, as a race, under the load of vii carpet-baggers and infamous soalawage who would aa quiokly sell their God to thirty pieces of silver as they have be f rayed their race and country for office promotion and the hope of stealing swindling and plundering! But, no! withstanding this antagonism to th white people, I know that an influenc might be brought to bear on them whic thoy oould not resist, if the property holders of the State wore so disposed Jjut every laud-holder refuso to rent t or employ any laborer, unless he wi agree, with proper stipulations, to vot with his landlord or employer. Thi may be rt'??\o without incurring any c the penales of tho Aot of Congres against intimidating voters. There wi be no intimidation, but a fair and legit: mate agreement, which the parties hav a right to make. But it may bo sai that our lands oould not be rented o cultivated on these terms. This is prc suming that the laborer can live longe without food than the employer ca without bis labor. It is far better tba i we should w( rkfor ourselves, and let the greater part of our lands lie idle and ra?t, than to live any lunger- under snob a government aa wo hayp-robbing ns of all we can make by taxation, aud cor? rupting all tho fou u tai ns of legislation. In every other country io tho world, where they are/ allowed to.vote, the. te? nantry and laborers vote with their land? lords and employers. John Quincy Adams, Jr., tobi me, speaking of this very question, that when he was a Re? publican, all of his tenants and laborers, about forty in number, voted with him, and when be quit thu Republican party and turned Democrat, they also turned with him and voted tho Democratic tick? et, without a word being said to them on the subject. He expected them to vote with bim, and they knew it and did so. Now, I suppose it is just as proper for a oottoo plantar to require this of bis oolored laborers in South Carolina as it is for Mr. Adams to exact it of bin white laborers in Massachusetts. Aud espe? cially so when these colored laborers aro voting for rogues and soouudrels in pre? ference to honest and intelligent men. Chief Justice Chase said to me, in 18CS, that we need not apprehend any difficul? ty in controlling tho negro vote in South Carolina. "Brains and property," said ho, "will always control labor." I ro plied this might bo, if it were not for the cirpet-baggers. Hesuid the carpet-bag? gers would soon become ideotified with the citizens or leave the country. But the carpet-bugger in South Coro lioa, instead of leaving the country, or identifying himself with the people, has become, with thc pcaluwng, through their influence ovor tho uegro, a sort of aristocrat or autocrat aud tri? bune of the colored race. Now, wo must get rid of these autocrats and tribunes. We must dethrone them nud break their sceptre by destroying their influence over the negro. This can only bo done by teaching the negro that be is d?pend? ent ou us, and uot we ou him. Let us, threforo, resolve unanimously, and stick to it, that wo will not rout our lauds to, or employ auy one who will not agree to vote with us in all theeleotions. lu this way, and in this way only, can we rout the carpet-bagger and scalawag, and got control of the colored people. Coffee bus no gratitude in general, as I have well tested, though there are exceptions, und ho can only be influenced by his wants and necessities. I, therefore, urge upon tho wbito peoplo, all over the State, to determine unanimously and at nuou, to have nothing to do with tho Radicals, white or black, in reutiug their lands, or employing their laborers, with? out they will agree, in writing, undera penalty, to vote with them in all future elections. Io three months after tho en? forcement of this rule, there would be no Radical party in South Carolina, no carpet-baggers, no scalawags, except in tho penitentiary. And onco moro we should be living under an honest govern? ment in South Carolina. Uulil wo udopt socio stringent rulo of this kind, und adhere to it, uud go out at eleotious and vote for honest and wise men, wo shall bc getting worse and woree every year, until the most horrible and terrible revo? lution and civil war covers tho land with bloody desolation and mini The remedy is simple and easy and peacea? ble. Tho evil is frightful to think of I Let me beseech you to uvoid it. There is another matter which I wish to bring to your view and consideration. Frauklin J. Moses, Governor elect, and all the leading members elected to the Legislature, with the State officials, de? clared most solemnly before the election thutthey would repudiate all the fraudu? lent State debt and forged bonds, and reduce the tuxes levied on the people. Yon maybe confiding enough to believe this. I do not believe one word of it. I think it is done for the purpose of de? ceiving the people, aud levying black mail on the bond-holders. Mark what I tell you. The bond-holders will con? tribute $200,000 or $300,000, aud bribe the Governor and Legislature to pay thu interest on the fraudulent debt and forged bonds. Already Mr. Gary has been dismissed from the Stato Auditorship, because he would not consent to ordor tho collec? tion of tuxeB for this purpose. His placo hus been filled by Governor Scott with a man who ought to bo iu tho peni? tentiary instead of u high aud honorable office. Now, what is to be done? Tho payment of these taxes is simple rob? bery-nothing more, nothing less. My advice to the people of South Carolina to refuse positively oud unanimously. Let ue pay till taxes necessary to defray the uccespary expenses of tho Govern? ment, but not a cent for this fraudulent debt, either principal or interest. I will moution to you that I have hoard of great frauds iu the cleutiou. It is said that hundreds of North Caro? lina negi'oos, at work on tho Air Line Ruilroud, who had not been in tho State twelve mouths, voted in several Coun? ties. It is further said that hundreds undor twenty-one years of age likewise voted all over the Congressional District. And it is likewise rumored that gross frauds were practiced at several places in Laurens, by refusing to open tho polls at the proper time, and throwiug out a largo number of Domooratic votes at Clinton. These mutters are for futuro investigation. In conclusion, I return you who went to the polls and voted my most grateful thanks; and to such ns wore too indifferent to turn out at tho eleotion, I oan only say that I hope you will never be so apathetic again. B. F. PERRY. The Calcutta Englishman, of Septem? ber 10, to hand by the latest mail from Asia, announces os follows: "Mr. Stan? ley's guides, who have returned to Zanzi? bar, report that Dr. Livingstone had started for tho interior soon after Mr. Stanloy left." Some San Francisco locksmith has innocently incurred a severe penalty by making keys to post office boxes, at the request of owners. Tho offence ia pu? nishable by ten years' imprisonment. TAB FAIB-LAST DAY.-While there wan not so large a crowd on the fair grounds yesterday AS OD Thursday and Friday, there was still quite a number of people iu tho diff?rent halls during the day. The splendid weather brought out many whom tbe rain and dust had previously kept at home. While the fair has not boon the complete success that woe desired for it by the managers and tho people of Augusta guuerally, it has by no means been a failure. A large number of visitors, brought hither by its attractions, visited Augusta during tho week, and not only spent money with our marchants and at the hotels, but added to the life aud gaiety of the oity. But aside from this, the fair itself was a fine exhibition, the articles in every department being numerous and unusually excellent. As we stated be? fore, Floral Hall especially was filled with beautiful works of art, industry, home manufactures and specimens of housewifely skill. In Industry Hall, the entries were also large. The exhibi? tion of stook and poultry was one of the finest over seen in Augusta. At half-past 12 o'olook a trial of speed between horses that had never trotted inside of three minutes took place, for a purse of $100-mile heats, best three in five. The following entries were made: J. M. Tolbert entered sorrel mare Millie. J. B. HarriB entered sorrel mare Bahab. J. J. Watson enterod bay gelding Dick Turpin. Messrs. Jesse Turpin, W. H. Applegate and J. M. Howell acted as judges, and Gol. B. J. Wilson as timer. In choosing positions, Kabab won the inside truck, Dick Turpin next und Mil? lie outside. Tho first heat was won by Millie, Kabab second, Dick Turpin third -time 3.14%. The aeoond heat was won by Millie, Kabab second, Dick Turpin third-time 3.17>?. After the second heat Dick Turpin was withdrawn. The third heat was won by Millie, Kabab se? cond-time 3.00%. "Millie having won the three best heats out of five was de olared the winner of the race. At the oonolnsion of the raoe Mr. Matt O'Brien announced from the judges' stand that Mr. O'Hara, the great pedes? trian, would waik six miles on the track in one hour, oummencing at 2 o'olock. At the time mentioned O'Hara made his appearance on the track, dressed in tights, and oommenoed Ins walk. Tho feat of walking the six miles was accom? plished in fifty-nine minutes, and was witnessed by a large number of persons. [Augusta Chronicle. A MONTANA GHOST.-Montana has its ghost story. The mysterious visitors make their appearance in tbe neighbor? hood of the town of Sterling, in the Lower Hot Springs District. There stands at this place a stone houae, larger aud more pr?tentions than any in the vicinity, lt was ereoted by a mining oompauy, and was occupied by miners and ghosts. Thero was soon aa "incom? patibility of temper" between the two classes of tenants. Tho mining company would very willingly hove served a writ of ejectment opon the ghosts, but they wandered from room to room, making hideous noises, approaching, retreating, now overhead, now underfoot, and de? fied human eye-sight. The miners en? dured these nocturnal disturbances for awhile, but at last their ethereal visitors commenced to disturb the sleepers in their buds, indicating their presence by adjusting tho bedding, tucking it under ut the side as carefully as mothers clo about their sleeping infants, and lightly patting the bodies of those in the beds, und waiving their hands above their facen. They felt no touch of the hands on tho face, but distinguished the mo? tions in the disturbance of the air. That was too much. The miners oould with? stand the spirits when np and awake, but that the ghosts should "put them in their little beds" so carefully, and in such a motherly manner, was beyond their endurance. They decamped. DON'T DE AFRAID OP DIRT.-Old Dr. Cooper, of South Carolina, ased to say to his students, "Don't be afraid of dirt, young gentlemen. What is dirt? Why, nothing nt all offensive, when chemical? ly viewed. Kub a little alkali upon the dirty greuso ?pot on your coat, and it undergoes a chemical chango and be? comes soap; now rub it with a. little water aud it disappears. It is neither grouse, soap, water nor dirt. That is not a very odorous pile of dirt you see yon? der; well, scatter a little gypsum over it, and it is uo longer dirt. Everything li ko dirt is worthy of our notice as stu? dents of chemistry. Aualyze it; it will Separate into very clean elements. Dirt makes corn, corn makes bread and meat, and that makes a very sweot yoang lady, that I saw ono of you kissing last night. So after all you were kissing dirt, par? ticularly if she whitened her face with chalk or fuller's earth; though I may say that rubbing such stuff upon a beautiful skin of a young lady is a dirty practice. Pearl powder, I think, is made of bis? muth; nothing but dirt. Lord Palmer? ston's fine definition of dirt is 'matter in tho wrong place.' Put it in tho right pince, and we cease to think of it as dirt." WILD HE KEEP HIS PLEDGES?-And now that Moses is to be our next Go vernor, what aro wo going to do about it? Or what is he going to do about it? Will he observe the party platform as adopted by tho South Carolina regular Republican party, and of whioh he is the considered head and front? And will he koop his solemn promises of retrench? ment and reform made by him time and again during the canvass? If he sus? tains Ina promises and conduots his ad? ministration in accordance with the pro? claimed pledges of his party, his admi? nistration will meet with encouragement and support from the good people of the State, and peaoe and prosperity will bless tho commonwealth onoe more. [Edgefield Advertiser. Rosa'Bonheur is always showing how the lower animals gambol. Her latest picture represents the hyena fighting the tiger. ? Iii Vii-j -1 'i j i ' i" nii" i E.00AI ?t om ts . CITY MATT gus.'- The price of ningle copies of the PHON?X ia flveoonts. Old newspapers for salo at PHXENIX office, at fifty coota a hundred. Attention is directed to the call of the County Chairman, for a meeting of citi? zens, who favor Greeley and Brown, this evening, at half-past 7 o'clock. A roll of money, supposed to be about forty or fifty dollars, has been lost. The paper ia which it was wrapped bad eighty-five marked upon it. The finder will ba liberally rewarded by leaving it at this office. We regret to state tbnt a terrible acci? dent occurred at Paoolet Bridge, on the Air-Line Railroad, by which a colored man was killed and several others badly hurt. We ?hull give farther particulars in our next. Upon tho recommendation of the Su? perintendent of tho State penitentiary, Gov. Scott has pardoned Robert Hughes, Harry Faulkuer, James Rivers, Handy Hill, Sam. Burnside, Audersou Code, W. MoCautz, Wash. Phillips, Miuer Oweus, Daniel Ooxe, Robert Williams, Prinoo Fripp and Callowuy Service. We are authorized to state that Gen. F. J. Moses, Jr., (Governor elect,) op? poses tho assessment aud collection of the tax to pay the interest on what is known as the doubtful bonds-amount? ing to abont $6,000,600-but is earnestly in favor of the payment of the interest on the bonds legitimatized by the Tax Payers' Convention-amounting td about $10,000.000. This is reform in the right direotion. The following is the programme .'of music by the band of the 18th United States Infantry, at the garrison parade grounds, thin afternoon : German Siege March-Piefke. Caprioea-Magen. Waltz, Il Baoio-Faust Calif do Bagdad-Baldieu. Trapp, Trapp Galop-Faust. PHONIXIANA.-"A dictionary of politi? cal slang" is to bo published. lb will be a tremendously bulky volume. Short Iudian story-Big Injun-varie? ty thoatre-much fire water-wheelbar? row-bed with moccasins on. "Buckwheat cakes were unknown in the sixteenth century." What joys our ancestors missed bj bciog born too soon. A cheap way to get an iee cream is to prick a pretty girl's arm and have a nice scream at once. Kissing her unawares will do ae well. JAMBS ROBINSON'S Crocus.-Th?ie baa rarely visited our city a combinaison of thin character that can equal the per? formance of the company connected with tbo Robinson Circus. The general make-up of attractions is excellent; while there is no utterance given to any ex? pression which could offend the closest observer. Of the feats of horsemanship performed by the champion rider, it is unnecessary to speak. It ii a company of first class artists; and no expanse has been spared to render everything com? plete. M AIL ARRANGEMENTS.-The Northern mail opens at 3.20 P. M.; closes 11.00 A. M. Charleston day mail opens 5.30 P. M.; closes 6.00 A. M. Charleston night mail opens 7.00 A. M.; closes 6.15 P. M. Greenville mail opens 6.45 P. M. ; closes 6.00 A. M. Western opens and closes 1.80 P. M. Wilmington opens 2.30 P. M.: closes 11.30 A. M. On Sunday office opon from 3 to 4 P. M. HOTEL ARRIVALS, Ootober 23, 1872. Hendrix House-M Cooper, J A Craig, St Louis; L M Bookbardt, Mrs G A Woodward, Miss E M Durham, Diko; Owon Smith, Hard Scrabblo; T C. Gower, Greeuville; Mrs Kaughman, son and child, Chester; J L Riobmond, C E Libner, TPLigou, Fairfield; George A Kinard, Newberry; H D Hamiter and wife, Miss M E Humiter, Richland. Columbia Hotel-Vf L DePass, Cam? den; L ? Thompson, Liberty Hill; B F Bartholomew, Md; J Lyons, Va; Mrs J S M Davidson, two children and nurse, N C; H S Darby. Ala; E A Bendy, Fla; E R Wallace, Union; Mrs MoIntoBh, thrco ohildren and norse, Mrs Stout, Newberry; Dr L B Johnson, Miss Ids Johnson. Walhalla. Nickerson House-G P Kirkland, O B Steers, J E Steers, Walhalla; J S Barr, S C; A Early and family, Texas; J W Shaokleford, oity; J Fitten, Vermont; J H Sims, Tonn; James Robinson's Ciroue Company, N Y; J_W Emby, Ky; A F Pohl, NC; Mrs E W Nims, Miaa Nims, Charlotte; J Wright, Darlington; Mrs W H Coit and children, Mayesville; T N Tolbert, Ninety-Six^ LIST OF NEW A?V*RTISEM?*I?. A. J. Ransier-Proolamatiohs. R. K. Scott-Proclamation. J. Duncan's Sons-Caution. W. S. Monteithr-For Sale. George Symmere-Replete. Mrs. C. E. Beod-Wllinery. Presidential Election. J. Agnew & Son-Carriage Materials Meeting of Greeleyitea. Amateur Concert. There is to bo an extensive "hegira' of New York yoong ladies to the Sontt this winter. The voting strength of the New Yorl navy yard has been increased by 1,80( new and loyal workmen.